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Thomas Rees (Congregational Minister)
Thomas Rees (13 December 1815 – 29 April 1885) was a Welsh Congregational minister, who wrote a history of nonconformism. He was twice elected chairman of the Union of Welsh Independents. Early life The son of Thomas Rees and his wife Hannah William, Rees was born at Pen Pontbren, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, and brought up by his mother's family at Banc-y-fer, Llangathen, where he helped his grandfather, Dafydd William, a basket maker. He joined the Independent chapel at Capel Isaac and began to preach in March 1832. He took a job at a colliery at Llwydcoed, Aberdare, but fell ill and then set up a small school. In 1836 he moved to Craig-y-bargod, Merthyr Tydfil, and took charge of a small school there. Pastorates Rees was ordained a minister on 15 September 1836 and then served as pastor at Craig-y-Bargoed (1836), Trecynon, Aberdare (1840), Llanelli (1842), Cendl (Beaufort), Breconshire/Mon. (1849) and Abertawe (1860).Surman Index Online, Dr Williams's Centre for Diss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rees
Thomas Rees may refer to: Religious figures * Thomas Rees (Congregational minister) (1815–1885), Welsh Congregationalist minister * (1869–1926), Welsh theologian and editor, principal of Bala-Bangor Independent College, see 1926 in Wales * Thomas Rees (Unitarian) (1777–1864), Welsh Unitarian minister and scholar Sportspeople * Tom Rees (rugby union, born 1913) (1913–1991), Welsh international rugby union prop * Tommy Rees (American football) (born 1992), American football quarterback * Tom Rees (rugby union, born 1984), rugby union footballer of the 2000 and 2010s for England, and London Wasps * Tommy Rees (rugby) (1904–1968), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s Military figures * Tom Rees (RFC officer) (1895–1916), first man killed by the "Red Baron" * Thomas Wynford Rees (1898–1959), British Indian Army general Others * T. Ifor Rees (Thomas Ifor Rees, 1890–1977), Welsh diplomat and translator * Thomas M. Rees (1925–2003), U.S. Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abertawe
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in the United Kingdom. Located along Swansea Bay in southwest Wales, with the principal area covering the Gower Peninsula, it is part of the Swansea Bay region and part of the historic county of Glamorgan; also the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr. The principal area is the second most populous local authority area in Wales with an estimated population of 246,563 in 2020. Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea Urban Area with a population of 300,352 in 2011. It is also part of the Swansea Bay City Region. During the 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was the key centre of the copper-smelting industry, earning the nickname ''Copperopolis''. Etymologies The Welsh name, ''Abertawe'', translates as ''"mouth/estua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
